Prolapsed vent with egg hanging in it

[colby318]

DH wakes me with news of a hen with a bloody rear. One of the year old EEs had her oviduct hanging inside out with an egg showing inside. We quickly put her down. I have never seen anything so horrid in my life. Anybody else have this problem, too? Sorry this was so graphic and no the camera was not the first thing I thought about...

 

[horsejody]

I've never seen anything like that. Sorry it happened to your girl.

 

[peeboo]

I've heard of that happening, but hasn't happened to me yet and i dont know too much on the subject, but here's a bump. u can search prolapse in the forum, that may help

 

[hinkjc]

Read my post here..I had the same experience with a turkey hen once. I'm so sorry it happened to your hen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=101984

 

[speckledhen]

Robin416 once had a Silkie hen prolapsed like that; she opened up the prolapse with a disinfected razor blade , removed the egg, replaced the prolapse and the hen recovered quickly. I cant remember many details, but she felt she had no choice.

 

[illinichick]

I had this happen but the oviduct and egg was laying in the nest box, so I have no idea who it came from. I'm just assuming I now have a non-egg laying hen in the mix.

 

[colby318]

Thanks for the replies. The other chickens must have been picking at it. It was so far out it was almost touching the ground. If it had looked clean I would of tried to save her but this was a bloody mess with streaks of feces. Big Bum Barbie was a pretty one.